Leah Grosso: Conservancy scholarship winner:

Yeaman Scholarship honors conservation group founder WESTFALL — The Delaware Highlands Conservancy, in keeping with its educational mission, recently awarded its 2010 scholarship to help a local high school senior complete a college program in the field of natural sciences. Leah Grosso is the 2010 winner. Leah, a senior at Delaware Valley High School, is a recognized athlete, excelling in varsity lacrosse. Her high school activities include student council delegate, and a peer mediator. She is active in the community, participating in the “Dollars for Dogs” program (benefiting the Pike County Humane Society), running in the “Relay for Life” and helping with “Daffodil Day,” both of which benefit the American Cancer Society. According to Leah, “I grew up near Milford, where much of the area’s heritage is owed to the famous conservationist Gifford Pinchot. This early introduction to land stewardship first sparked my interest in the environment,” which is what is leading her to begin her studies in landscape architecture at Penn State University, in State College, Pennsylvania. Delaware Highlands Conservancy is pleased to award the Yeaman/Conservancy scholarship to someone who obviously supports their mission. Yeaman scholarship The scholarship honors Barbara Yeaman by offering these educational awards in her name. Barbara is a founding member of the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and has earned the respect and admiration of those associated with the Upper Delaware River community for her work to protect and preserve our natural resources. These scholarships are made possible through the generosity of the Conservancy’s membership and individual donors. It is hoped that these scholarships have, and continue to, stimulate interest in careers related to land stewardship and environmental sciences applicable to the needs of the Upper Delaware River Valley. Delaware Highlands Conservancy’s work embraces Pike and Wayne counties in Pennsylvania and Sullivan and Delaware counties in New York State. The Conservancy promotes the important connection between ecological protection with other community priorities such as quality of life and economic health. In other words, caring for the area’s natural treasures is good for the local economy. Support of this scholarship effort can be made with a tax-deductible donation to Delaware Highlands Conservancy, P.O. Box 218, Hawley, PA 18428-0218. Contributions should be earmarked for the Delaware Highlands Conservancy/Yeaman Scholarship Fund. For more information about Delaware Highlands Conservancy, visit the web site at www.delawarehighlands.org or call 570-226-3164.